"This is a sweet story about justice, standing up for yourself, resourcefulness and making a plan, teamwork, promoting awareness and kindness in how we treat others, all the while destigmatizing the way Aid’s orphans are viewed."
I loved the illustrations in this 19-page children’s book. It’s a joy to view the expressions on the people’s faces and the gentle colours used. Each page only has a few sentences, but the words tell the story effectively and impactfully. The delightful drawings span each page. The orphans notice that there are some iced buns in the back of Indvuna Meyego’s truck when he drops off a bag of mealie meal for them. He says they can’t have any of the buns become they are for people who can pay for them. He is quite unkind in the way he speaks to the orphans. After he has left, Aiyasha says she thinks the buns are leftovers from the bakery and it is wrong that he wants to sell them. Additionally, the Indvuna’s son likes to tease the orphans and call them names. The orphans decide to do something about these two wrongs and they come up with a plan! Read the book to find out what they plan and whether they are successful. This is a sweet story about justice, standing up for yourself, resourcefulness and making a plan, teamwork, promoting awareness and kindness in how we treat others, all the while destigmatizing the way Aid’s orphans are viewed.
Susan Gibbs, A LoveReading4Kids Ambassador
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